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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Power of Habit and “master of the life hack” (GQ) explores the fascinating science of productivity and offers real-world takeaways to apply your life, whether you’re chasing peak productivity or simply trying to get back on track.

“Duhigg melds cutting-edge science, deep reporting, and wide-ranging stories to give us a fuller, more human way of thinking about how productivity actually happens.”—Susan Cain, author of Quiet

In The Power of Habit, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Charles Duhigg explained why we do what we do. In Smarter Faster Better, he applies the same relentless curiosity and rich storytelling to how we can improve at the things we do.

At the core of Smarter Faster Better are eight key concepts—from motivation and goal setting to focus and decision making—that explain why some people and companies get so much done. Drawing on the latest findings in neuroscience, psychology, and behavioral economics—as well as the experiences of CEOs, educational reformers, four-star generals, FBI agents, airplane pilots, and Broadway songwriters—this book reveals that the most productive people, companies, and organizations don’t merely act differently. They view the world, and their choices, in profoundly different ways.

Smarter Faster Better is a story-filled exploration of the science of productivity, one that can help us learn to succeed with less stress and struggle—and become smarter, faster, and better at everything we do.

ISBN-13: 9780812983593

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Random House Publishing Group

Publication Date: 03-07-2017

Pages: 400

Product Dimensions: 5.10(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.90(d)

Charles Duhigg is a Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative journalist and the author of The Power of Habit and Smarter Faster Better. A graduate of Harvard Business School and Yale College, he is a winner of the National Academies of Sciences, National Journalism, and George Polk awards. He writes for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, and other publications, and is the host of the podcast How To! with Charles Duhigg.

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Table of Contents

Introduction 3

1 Motivation: Reimagining Boot Camp, Nursing Home Rebellions, and the Locus of Control 9

2 Teams: Psychological Safety at Google and Saturday Night Live 38

3 Focus: Cognitive Tunneling, Air France Flight 447, and the Power of Mental Models 71

4 Goal Setting: Smart Goals, Stretch Goals, and the Yom Kippur War 103

5 Managing Others: Solving a Kidnapping with Lean and Agile Thinking and a Culture of Trust 134

6 Decision Making: Forecasting the Future (and Winning at Poker) with Bayesian Psychology 167

7 Innovation: How Idea Brokers and Creative Desperation Saved Disney's Frozen 205

8 Absorbing Data: Turning Information into Knowledge in Cincinnati's Public Schools 238

Appendix: A Reader's Guide to Using These Ideas 269

Acknowledgments 287

A Note on Sources 291

Notes 293

Index 369